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| 8489388601 | The average number of children expected to be born to a women through her childbearing years? | Total fertility rate. | 0 | |
| 8489407999 | The first change to the human population dynamics of a country undergoing demographic transition is a drop in the | Crude birth rate. | 1 | |
| 8489434108 | The country that likely has the lowest total fertility rate and highest female literacy rate. | 2 | ||
| 8489448682 | If current population growth rates are maintained, this country will soon overtake China as the world's most populous nation. | 3 | ||
| 8489471955 | The country that has undergone the most complete demographic transition. | 4 | ||
| 8489475602 | When compared to more developed countries, less developed countries have higher | Infant mortality rates. | 5 | |
| 8489500264 | What is the simplest and least controversial means of slowing population growth? | Delaying the age of first child-bearing in women. | 6 | |
| 8489507981 | What does the demographic transition refer to? | A 3-5 stage pattern of change in birth rates leading to a decline in population growth. | 7 | |
| 8489514863 | As nations have become more developed over time, the death rate has decreased to | Improved sanitation, improved food availability, and control of infectious disease. | 8 | |
| 8489548939 | What is the primary cause for the population to grow in the United States? | A large portion of the population is still in or not yet to enter its reproductive period (population momentum) | 9 | |
| 8489886585 | K stategies | Care for young (humans, gorillas) | 10 | |
| 8489886586 | R strategies | Reproduce rapidly, die early. | 11 | |
| 8489919042 | Carrying Capacity | Number of individuals that can survive in an environment. | 12 | |
| 8489984384 | How does nitrogen get into the soil from the atmosphere? | Nitrogen fixation- bacteria in the roots of plants. | 13 | |
| 8489999678 | How does nitrogen get back into the atmosphere? | Denitrification. | 14 | |
| 8490031668 | Nitrification | Makes nitrates and nitrites. | 15 | |
| 8490039162 | Assimilation | Bring nitrogen into plants. | 16 | |
| 8490054440 | Positive Feedback Loops | A feedback loop in which change in a system is amplified. | 17 | |
| 8490054441 | Negative Feedback Loops | A feedback loop in which a system responds to a change by returning to its original state, or by decreasing the rate at which the change is occurring. | 18 | |
| 8490087173 | Open System | A system in which exchanges of matter or energy occur across system boundaries. | 19 | |
| 8490087224 | Closed System | A system in which matter and energy exchanges do not occur across boundaries. | 20 | |
| 8490100930 | Fingers of Evolution | Small population, non-random mating, mutations, gene flow, natural selection | 21 | |
| 8491948795 | Small Population | Population can shrink and chance can take over. | 22 | |
| 8491950465 | Non-Random Mating | Mating can cause new populations to form or old ones to decrease. | 23 | |
| 8491953902 | Mutations | When a new gene is added through mutation, it can effect the frequency. | 24 | |
| 8491958558 | Gene Flow | Movement can occur through immigration and emigration and cause a major change in the gene pool. | 25 | |
| 8491975425 | Natural Selection | Adaptation creates organisms that are better adapted for their local environments. Genes that are not fit for a certain environment will gradually be replaced by genes that are better adapted. | 26 | |
| 8490100931 | Founder Effect | A change in the genetic compositions of a population as a result of descending from a small number of colonizing individuals. | 27 | |
| 8490129816 | Bottleneck Effect | A reduction in the genetic diversity of a population caused by a reduction in its size. | 28 | |
| 8490136817 | Genetic Diversity | A measure of the genetic variation among individuals in a population. | 29 | |
| 8490175888 | When the population is not growing (ZPG) | A condition of demographic balance where the number of people in a specified population neither grows nor declines. | 30 | |
| 8490175889 | Average Residence Time | 31 | ||
| 8490242071 | Where do volcanoes occur | 32 | ||
| 8490242072 | Lithosphere | The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. | 33 | |
| 8490244120 | Hot Spot | A place where molten material from Earth's mantle reaches the lithosphere. | 34 | |
| 8490250234 | What puts carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. | Cellular respiration, burning fossil fuels | 35 | |
| 8490253362 | Phosphorus Cycle | Doesn't have a gas stage which makes it slower. | 36 | |
| 8490257303 | Decomposers | Breaks things down into nutrients. | 37 | |
| 8490265584 | Energy Efficiency | The ratio of the amount of energy expended in the form you want to the total amount of energy that is introduced into the system. | 38 | |
| 8490295015 | Primary Succession | Ecological occurring on surfaces that are initially devoid of soil. | 39 | |
| 8490301106 | Secondary Succession | The succession of plant life that occurs in areas that have been disturbed but have not lost their soil. | 40 | |
| 8490304130 | Difference between primary and secondary succession? | Soil is intact but vegetation has been removed. | 41 | |
| 8490324989 | Soil Texture | 42 | ||
| 8490326796 | Pest Management | 43 | ||
| 8490336858 | Whats the main cause for world hunger? | Unequal distribution of food; few have access to food. | 44 | |
| 8490345388 | How would you reduce soil erosion? | Through planting vegetation; plants establish root systems, which stabilizes soil and prevents soil erosion | 45 | |
| 8490351468 | Terminator Genes | When added to a genetically modified crop species prevents the crop from producing seeds for the following year. | 46 | |
| 8490369887 | CITES Act | Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species: Lists species that cannot be commercially traded as live specimens or wildlife products. | 47 | |
| 8490371651 | Where is most desertification ocuring? | Africa | 48 | |
| 8490373120 | Where is most biodiversity? | South America | 49 | |
| 8490374509 | Where is population most stable? | America | 50 | |
| 8490380481 | Environmental Impact Statement | 51 | ||
| 8490387066 | First Law of Thermodynamics | A physical law which states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed but can change from one form to another. | 52 | |
| 8492194216 | Second Law of Thermodynamics | The physical law stating that when energy is transformed, the quantity of energy remains the same, but its ability to do work diminishes. | 53 | |
| 8492326973 | What is true about carbon as it cycles in nature? | Carbon sinks include forests and oceans. | 54 | |
| 8492333032 | Where will most likely experience the majority of the world's population growth? | Asia and Africa. | 55 | |
| 8492338303 | What region contains the greatest area of rain forest? | Brazil and Indonesia. | 56 | |
| 8492342240 | What does an integrated pest management approach to pest control emphasize? | Reduction of crop damage to an economically tolerable level. | 57 | |
| 8492352171 | What is an example of an abiotic component affecting a biotic component? | Low phosphorus content in soil limits growth of vegetation. | 58 | |
| 8492357912 | What two main factors would best indicate the quality of life of a country's population? | Life expectancy and infant mortality. | 59 | |
| 8492363866 | What do local concentration of CO2 increase due to when a rainforest is slashed and burned? | Oxidation of carbon compounds. | 60 | |
| 8492373278 | What are dead and fallen trees in tropical rainforests main role in the ecosystem? | Providing habitats for wildlife. | 61 | |
| 8492379870 | What is issued to determine soil texture? | Relative proportion of particle size. | 62 | |
| 8492383738 | What is it called when there is a lack in chemical components in food? | Malnourishment. | 63 | |
| 8492388357 | What layer of soil refers to the leaf litter? | O Horizon (top level). | 64 |
